Carnivore activity in the Sima de los Huesos (Atapuerca, Spain) hominin sample

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-83

  Sala, Nohemi ^a   Arsuaga, Juan Luis ^a,b   Martínez, Ignacio ^a,c   Gracia Téllez, Ana ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Homo heidelbergensis; Middle pleistocene; Taphonomy; Tooth marks

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY;

HOMO HEIDELBERGENSIS; HUMAN REMAINS; MIDDLE PLEISTOCENE; SITE FORMATION; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH MARKS;

NATURAL SCIENCES;

BEAR; CARNIVORE; FOSSIL RECORD; HOMINID; PLEISTOCENE; TAPHONOMY; TOOTH;

BURGOS [CASTILLA Y LEON]; CASTILLA Y LEON; SIERRA DE ATAPUERCA; SPAIN;

EID: 84901819852     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.05.004     Document Type: Article

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